MXC vs. BRN, USEG, HUSA, INDO, PVL, PED, BATL, ALCE, ICD, and WAVE
Should you be buying Mexco Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mexco Energy include Barnwell Industries (BRN), U.S. Energy (USEG), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), PEDEVCO (PED), Battalion Oil (BATL), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), and Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Mexco Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mexco Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mexco Energy has a net margin of 28.37% compared to Barnwell Industries' net margin of -11.35%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 11.61% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Barnwell Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Mexco Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Barnwell Industries and 4 mentions for Mexco Energy. Barnwell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Mexco Energy's score of 0.54 indicating that Barnwell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mexco Energy and Barnwell Industries both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 51.0% of Mexco Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mexco Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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